@bstacey I think it’s something else. I think it’s a self-reinforcing arrogance. “We told you he was old. You said it was no big deal. You said we were doing Hillary’s emails all over again. Aha! See?”
@JamesGleick the Times are right. If Biden stays in, Trump will be president. There are other politicians in America. More popular ones, who can finish whole sentences on national television.
@Geoffberner I see hyperbole is your thing. Biden is not literally unable to “finish whole sentences on national television.” If you looked at the transcript you would see that, sentence by sentence, Biden spoke far more grammatically and coherently than the other guy. Surely you know that, so really, don’t exaggerate.
My opinion is that a convention, full of discord and confusion, choosing a candidate who won no primaries, would doom the Democrats. You’re welcome to differ.
@JamesGleick there's some serious sunken cost fallacy going on in the Biden fan camp today. What would be so tragic about an energizing leadership campaign ending in a dramatic convention? That's how parties used to do it, and it worked.
@JamesGleick I agree with the article of course but it’s shocking to be reminded of all the reasons in quick succession. On paper it’s black and white. It’s only the politics of it that are murky and dubious.